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Creating a custom Week Number variable in a date table

Hi all. I need to create a Week Number column in a date table, but the WEEKNUM function doesn't produce quite the right results.

 

For the purposes of this variable, weeks start on Sunday. The part where it gets tricky is around the end/beginning of a year.

 

If the last Sunday of the year falls on December 29, 30, or 31, then I need the following set of 7 days (including the last Sunday in December) to be assigned a week number of 1. If the last Sunday of December falls on December 25, 26, 27, or 28 I need the following set of 7 days (including the last Sunday of December) to be assigned to week 52 or 53 or 54 or whatever is appropiate that year. The end result is that fo some years, there will be some dates in December assigned to week 1, and in other years there will be some days in January that are assigned to week 52 or 53 or 54.

 

Here are a couple examples of what the output should be:

 

Day

Date

Week Number

Saturday

12/29/2018

52

Sunday

12/30/2018

1

Monday

12/31/2018

1

Tuesday

1/1/2019

1

Wednesday

1/2/2019

1

Thursday

1/3/2019

1

Friday

1/4/2019

1

Saturday

1/5/2019

1

Sunday

1/6/2019

2

 

 

Day

Date

Week Number

Saturday

12/26/2015

52

Sunday

12/27/2015

53

Monday

12/28/2015

53

Tuesday

12/29/2015

53

Wednesday

12/30/2015

53

Thursday

12/31/2015

53

Friday

1/1/2016

53

Saturday

1/2/2016

53

Sunday

1/3/2016

1

 

 

I appreciate any help!

  • try adding a calculated column with this formula

     

    =WEEKNUM( [Date] + 1, 21 )
  • Anonymous 

    This will answer your question:

    https://dax.guide/weeknum/

     

    Please mark the question solved when done and consider giving a thumbs up if posts are helpful.

    Contact me privately for support with any larger-scale BI needs, tutoring, etc.

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  • try adding a calculated column with this formula

     

    =WEEKNUM( [Date] + 1, 21 )
    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
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      Hi LivioLanzo ,

       

      Thanks for the solution, this has helped me as well.

      I would like to know the logic behind 21, as i could see while typing the formula, we have the option of only 1 (sunday) and 2(Monday).

       

      Thanks in advance.

       

      Regards,

      Pavan

       

  • AlB's avatar
    AlB
    Community Champion

    Anonymous 

    This will answer your question:

    https://dax.guide/weeknum/

     

    Please mark the question solved when done and consider giving a thumbs up if posts are helpful.

    Contact me privately for support with any larger-scale BI needs, tutoring, etc.

    Cheers